adorn

a·dorn

A0096500 (ə-dôrn′)tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: flowers adorned the walkway.2. To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments: "[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn ... his imperfect status" (Cynthia Ozick).

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[Middle English adornen, from Old French adourner, from Latin adōrnāre : ad-, ad- + ōrnāre, to decorate; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·dorn′er n.

adorn

(əˈdɔːn) vb (tr) 1. to decorate: she adorned her hair with flowers. 2. to increase the beauty, distinction, etc, of[C14: via Old French from Latin adōrnāre, from ōrnāre to furnish, prepare] aˈdornment n

a•dorn

(əˈdɔrn)

v.t. 1. to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments. 2. to make more pleasing, attractive, impressive, etc.; enhance. [1325–75; Middle English < Latin adōrnāre=ad- ad- + ōrnāre to dress (see ornate)] a•dorn′er, n. a•dorn′ing•ly, adv.

adorn

Past participle: adorned
Gerund: adorning

Imperative
adorn
adorn

Present
I adorn
you adorn
he/she/it adorns
we adorn
you adorn
they adorn

Preterite
I adorned
you adorned
he/she/it adorned
we adorned
you adorned
they adorned

Present Continuous
I am adorning
you are adorning
he/she/it is adorning
we are adorning
you are adorning
they are adorning

Present Perfect
I have adorned
you have adorned
he/she/it has adorned
we have adorned
you have adorned
they have adorned

Past Continuous
I was adorning
you were adorning
he/she/it was adorning
we were adorning
you were adorning
they were adorning

Past Perfect
I had adorned
you had adorned
he/she/it had adorned
we had adorned
you had adorned
they had adorned

Future
I will adorn
you will adorn
he/she/it will adorn
we will adorn
you will adorn
they will adorn

Future Perfect
I will have adorned
you will have adorned
he/she/it will have adorned
we will have adorned
you will have adorned
they will have adorned

Future Continuous
I will be adorning
you will be adorning
he/she/it will be adorning
we will be adorning
you will be adorning
they will be adorning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been adorning
you have been adorning
he/she/it has been adorning
we have been adorning
you have been adorning
they have been adorning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been adorning
you will have been adorning
he/she/it will have been adorning
we will have been adorning
you will have been adorning
they will have been adorning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been adorning
you had been adorning
he/she/it had been adorning
we had been adorning
you had been adorning
they had been adorning

Conditional
I would adorn
you would adorn
he/she/it would adorn
we would adorn
you would adorn
they would adorn

Past Conditional
I would have adorned
you would have adorned
he/she/it would have adorned
we would have adorned
you would have adorned
they would have adorned

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	adorn - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautifyalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site"incrust, encrust, beset - decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)braid - decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar"broider, embroider - decorate with needleworkstick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"illustrate - supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue"fledge, flight - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"bespangle, spangle - decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner"foliate - decorate with leavesflag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"bead - decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"applique - sew on as a decorationgild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding linessmock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"tinsel - adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up"stucco - decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings"redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or housepanel - decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood"bejewel, jewel - adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses"filet, fillet - decorate with a lace of geometric designsscallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"bedizen - decorate tastelesslydress ship - decorate a ship with flagsgarnish, trim, dress - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foodstrim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"bedeck, bedight, deck - decorate; "deck the halls with holly"festoon - decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamelinlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metallacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"begild, engild, gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid goldilluminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic armsemblazon, colour, color - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"fringe - adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf"fret - decorate with an interlaced designlandscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
	2.	adorn - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"deck, decorate, embellish, grace, beautifybe - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
	3.	adorn - furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperorsclothe, investequip, fit out, outfit, fit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

adorn

verb decorate, enhance, deck, trim, grace, array, enrich, garnish, ornament, embellish, emblazon, festoon, bedeck, beautify, engarland Several oil paintings adorn the walls.

adorn

verb1. To furnish with decorations:bedeck, deck (out), decorate, dress (up), embellish, garnish, ornament, trim.2. To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition:beautify, embellish, enhance, grace, set off.

Translations

装饰

adorn

(əˈdoːn) verb to make beautiful, with decorations etc. Their house is adorned with beautiful antique ornaments. 裝飾 装饰aˈdornment noun 裝飾［品］ 装饰（品）